What did William Congreve mean by: There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth. - William Congreve Playwright · England Copy
+ I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Reflection, Science, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Growing, Stupid People, Stupidity, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Honesty, Thieves, Treasure, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Destroying, Flames, Women, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn’d. Feraz Zeid, September 11, 2023December 26, 2023, William Congreve, Chocolate, Mourning, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ I am always of the opinion with the learned, if they speak first. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Knowledge, Opinion, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Music, Rocks, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Say what you will, ’tis better to be left than never to have been loved. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Love, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
